Flair delivered a pregame speech to the 49ers on Saturday night, before their last-second, 23-20 win over the Packers on Sunday. That led to a tweet from 49ers lineman Anthony Davis, who thanked the wrestling legend for “flying into this s—thole to show us some love.”

That got about the response you’d expect — in Wisconsin and elsewhere — but the Flair-related controversies didn’t end there. “The Nature Boy” grew up in North Carolina and apparently is friends with Panthers star receiver Steve Smith.

Flair was pretty toned down (aside from a few “wooos” at the end) and he said several times he is “honored” to be speaking to the team, which came about after a request through the WWE from 49ers defensive end Justin Smith.

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Rick Flair did not grow up in North Carolina. He currently lives here in Charlotte but he was born in Memphis, Tennessee, raised in Minnesota and went to boarding school in Wisconsin. A five minute, cursory search of Wikipedia will tell you that. Typical lazy NYP, Murdoch style reporting. But what did I expect from a paper that thinks two people making out in a hot tub is a news worthy EXCLUSIVE? I only visit this site for the sports columnists but clicked on this because I now live in the Queen City.